Etymology

ketohexose

K5E1T1O1H4E1X8O1S1E1

Today it means: Any hexose containing a ketone group. Full definition →

English hexose ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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The story

  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  5. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  6. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  7. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  8. Latinhexa-
  9. Englishhexa-
  10. Englishhex-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  12. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  13. Frenchglucose
  14. Englishglucosebf.
  15. Englishhexose
  16. English todayketohexose

From keto- + hexose.

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